Record Store Day in Ankara, Turkey
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Ankara, Turkey
Independent record shops open in Ankara, Turkey right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- Ankara Eski Plak
Yenimahalle shop buying and selling old records, books, magazines and antiques, with in-store pickup.
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- Ankara Plak
Small record shop inside the historic Pirinç Han antiques building in the Ulus district.
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- Deviant Vintage
Records-and-vintage shop at the Büklüm & Kennedy corner selling Turkish and foreign vinyl alongside turntables, 60s-70s decor, lamps and cameras.
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- Gürkan Plak 1970
Maltepe record shop trading since 1970, run by Gürkan; rare pressings, everyday listening copies, turntables, hi-fi, radios and gramophones.
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- Koçplak Elektromüzik Market
Ulus-district shop selling cassettes and vinyl records, run by an owner regulars call 'Uncle Mehmet'.
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- KV Records
Vinyl shop run by collector Koray Vergili out of the Ertuğ Pasajı on Tunalı Hilmi, built from a personal collection that started with Elvis Presley records.
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- Madlife Plak Kaset. Cd Kitap Dergi
Small Tunalı Hilmi passage shop specializing in cassettes plus vinyl, CDs, books and magazines; owner Ali Osman is known for tracking down hard-to-find titles.
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- Oğuzhan Plak & Müzik
Records, cassettes, CDs and turntables shop in the Ertuğ Pasajı on Tunalı Hilmi, also dealing in film/music/cinema posters, maps, photographs and postcards.
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- OZZYTURK Records & HI-FI Systems
Kavaklıdere shop selling thousands of rock, metal, jazz, blues, pop, classical and Turkish vinyl records alongside hi-fi turntables, amps and accessories from brands like Pro-Ject, Rega and NAD.
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- Shades
Basement shop in Tunalı Pasajı run by Süleyman Özyıldırım for over 30 years, self-described as Turkey's oldest record store; known for a deep foreign-import archive.
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- SUN Music Shop
Record shop in the Çelikler Pasajı on Tunalı Hilmi run by Mustafa, described by regulars as a vinyl expert with deep music knowledge.
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- Vintage&Plak Teras Cafe
Terrace cafe inside the Ulus antiques quarter that also buys and sells records and turntables, with tea/coffee service and vinyl playing in the background.
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See the full record store listing for Ankara, Turkey.